i am more than willing to engage on any positive claim you want to make (i probably agree with a lot of them). what i’m not willing to do is tolerate personal attacks and dogpiling.

Herdbeasts are sentient: they are “others”.

you’re using an ambiguous term and insisting everyone is using the same definition as you.

They don’t want to be slaughtered

there is no proof they know that they, themselves might die. they don’t want to be slaughtered any more than they don’t want to be ceo of beyond meat. they don’t know it’s even a possibility.